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Q.2 Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Manufactured goods worth crores of rupees are being imported every year. Our industries are yet in
infancy. We need engineers to man them. We need mechanized farming to education in art or craft will serve a
very useful purpose. It will help our youth to make an independent living. They can set up their own little
workshops. This type of education will also solve the unemployment problem to some extent. We must,
however, guard against one thing. Technical education in order to be of real use should be based on a good
literary education at least up to matriculation standard. It has been seen that an educated craftsman has better
chances of success in life than an illiterate one.
India is rich in mineral resources but most of them have not been tapped. The government is keen to utilise this
wealth. More and more technical institutions are, therefore, being opened. A large number of technical hands
are pouring out of our universities every year. It is a happy sign of the times but, unfortunately our industries
have not been able to absorb this ever-increasing number of technical hands. Already the number of
unemployed technical hands has gone up. It is feared that if some quick measures are not taken to develop our
industries, the government will be forced to restrict admission to the technical colleges.
The work of technical training should go hand in hand with the development of industries. In this alone lies the
real solution of the problem. The government too is alive to this. It is hoped that more and more factories will be
opened in the near future. It will be a criminal waste of country's intelligence if our young engineers are forced
to migrate to foreign countries only because the country cannot provide them with proper means of living.
(a) What is the cause of unemployment in India?
(b) How can education in art and craft help our youth to make an independent living?
(c) How can technical education be of real use?
(d) How can our government stop the migration of country's intelligence to foreign countries?
(e) Which word in Para 2 means the same as 'precaution'?
(f) Find the antonym of the word 'plenty' in Para 1.
(8) Find the antonym of the word 'undeveloped' in Para 3.
(h) Which word in Para 3 means the same as limited'?
Answers
A) The type of Education is one of the causes of unemployment in India.
B) By education in Art and Craft youth can set up their own workshops and thus make independent living.
C) Educated craftsman can do better in life than literate one. So from a young standard technical education can be provided to them who have that capability.
D) Government can develop more industries to provide more employment thus stop migration of talent in foreign countries.
E) “Guard” in Para 2 means the same as 'precaution'.
F) “Scarcity” is antonym of the word 'plenty' in Para 1
G) “Developed” is the antonym of the word 'undeveloped' in Para 3
H) “Restrict” in Para 3 means the same as ‘limited'.
Answer:
1)The common cause of unemployment in India is that __________
(A) there is abundance of skilled labour.
B) By education in Art and Craft youth can set up their own workshops and thus make independent living.
C) Educated craftsman can do better in life than literate one. So from a young standard technical education can be provided to them who have that capability.
D) Government can develop more industries to provide more employment thus stop migration of talent in foreign countries.
E) “Guard” in Para 2 means the same as 'precaution'.
F) “Scarcity” is antonym of the word 'plenty' in Para 1
G) “Developed” is the antonym of the word 'undeveloped' in Para 3
H) “Restrict” in Para 3 means the same as ‘limited'.